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Loading... The Machine Crusade (Legends of Dune, Book 2) (original 2003; edition 2004)by Brian Herbert
Work InformationThe Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert (2003)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This overall narrative arc is interesting and it is better than the previous book, The Butlerian Jihad, but there were logical inconsistencies that bothered me. One of them was the sense that Herbert and Anderson give that traditional space travel takes time between stars yet every now and then when it is convenient to the narrative they make it seem that it is of no consequence for a space ship to change course and go someplace else in an inconsequential amount of time. In addition, the cogitors and cymeks are disembodied brains and thinking machines are artificial intelligences, yet they are written as if the brains or central processing units themselves have eyes. Why would a brain need to elevate itself to look a human in the eye? Why could they not simply use a photosensitive circuit on an elevating arm do the looking for them? There are other weird examples like that in the book but those are the two that come to mind. As a result this book is really science fantasy rather than science fiction. ( ) Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson continue their tale of the Butlerian Jihad in this second enormous installment of a trilogy. They continue to plant the seeds which will grow into the world of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Some of the characters have become a little repetitive, but overall, it makes for interesting reading if you’ve read the Dune novels. Published in hardcover by Tor. I started to read this book immediately after finishing the first in the series, The Butlerian Jihad.The book starts off about 30 years after the first one, and moves forward pretty rapidly from there. Many of the characters are carried over from the first novel, but adapted and changed by the events that have occurred. Some characters become more sympathetic, one character in particular goes from being a likable hero into an absolute monster. The events in this book are interesting, and it reads well. There are some surprising events that shake things up quite a bit, and some very unexpected deaths at this stage of the series.This book brings many elements more inline with the familair Dune canon, explaining away some things that seemed like inconsistencies. I would still highly recommend the series. no reviews | add a review
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As the struggle against the thinking robots continues, Serena Butler's forces continue their battle and Selim Wormrider and his Fremen outlaws take the first step into becoming the fighters who would change history. No library descriptions found.
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